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38 results in articles and videos for “habits”
- ArticleRebuild
Jail Taught Me to Write Everything Down. I Never Stopped.
Ryan Nichols on the one habit from 1,463 days in custody he kept on purpose: writing it down. How the file turned into how he builds and measures progress.
- ArticleRebuild
The Habits That Stop With Me
Everybody talks about what you pass down. Nobody talks about the list of what you refuse to hand over. Three ordinary habits I am ending on purpose, and why ending one takes more than stopping.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Why I write everything down
I logged millions of dollars of Marine Corps comms gear by hand. That habit became a publishing system. Here is my five section daily log, free to copy.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
What leading Marines taught me about running a business
I led 25 to 35 Marines in Okinawa and never saw combat. Five habits carried into business, plus the seven step Monday brief template you can copy today.
- ArticleReflection
I Put My Whole Life on the Record. This Part Stays Off It.
I spent years putting everything on the record because the record was the only thing protecting me. My son is two days old. This part stays in the quiet.
- ArticleReflection
The Ten Minute Thing I Have Not Done in Three Weeks
Some tasks are not ten minutes of work. They are ten minutes of work plus a decision you have not made yet. On avoidance, self-blame, and knocking anyway.
- ArticleRebuild
Taking It Back Was the Easy Part
Comeback stories get told as a list of wins. Nobody tells you the ground you take back comes with a bill that shows up again. Holding is the longer job.
- ArticleReflection
I Was Answering Questions Nobody Asked
For years I answered simple questions with closing arguments. Over-explaining does not make you look honest, it makes people wonder what you are worried about. On putting the armor down.
- ArticleMotivation & Discipline
Remove Friction Before You Add More Pressure
Pressure is not always the answer. Use this 15 minute friction audit to remove one obstacle, lower resistance, and move honest work forward today.
- ArticleReflection
The Five Minute Flag
The flag goes up before the phone comes on. Why a five minute morning ritual steadies a man, plus five two minute anchors you can start tomorrow.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Quiet Discipline of Getting Ready Before the Water
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through preparation, honest maintenance and one useful next step before the water.
- ArticleMotivation
How to Keep Moving Forward When Life Knocks You Down: A 7-Day Reset
Life knocked you down and you need a way forward. Use the Carry, Cut, Create decision tool and this honest seven-day reset to rebuild momentum.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Five People Searched My Site for Solitary and Found Nothing
What visitors search for and do not find is the best content plan you own. How Ryan Nichols reads his own site search log, and how to set up yours.
- ArticleNews
Longview Kids Can Build a Monster and a Story Today
Longview Public Library hosts a free Monster-Building Handbook writing lab for ages 8 and older today from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Longview, Texas.
- ArticleRebuild
Three Characters Taught the Internet to Smile
On September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman proposed :-) as a joke marker. The tiny fix solved a human problem that better networks could not solve alone.
- ArticleJanuary 6
The First Grievance I Ever Filed Came Back Non-Grievable. Nobody Signed It.
The first grievance in my D.C. DOC log, filed November 7, 2021, was answered in fifteen days with two words: NON GRIEVABLE. The signature line says UNKNOWN. The same two words closed two more complaints on unrelated subjects, and none of th
- ArticleReflection
Nothing I Caught Today Went in the Truck
I went fishing and kept nothing. Why a man who scores his own day needs one hour a week that produces no evidence at all, and why rest is a command and not a reward.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
Automation Does Not Fix a Decision You Never Made
Most people who want to automate a task are avoiding a decision. The trigger, action, exception test I run before I wire up a single step.
- ArticleJanuary 6
The Grievance Log Starts in November. The Complaints Started in September.
My formal jail grievance log has 29 entries. My own tally of what I was complaining about counts 78 non medical complaints, and it starts fifty five days earlier. Here is the gap, and what I am asking the jail to produce.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
My Own Book Page Is Running a Sale on Nothing
My book page shows the same price twice, so it advertises a discount of zero. The fix is not remembering harder. It is a component that refuses to lie.
- ArticleReflection
I Prayed on a Day I Did Not Feel Anything
Feeling is weather. Showing up is a decision. Why I stopped grading prayer on how it felt, and what I do on the mornings nothing comes back.
- ArticleRebuild
The Moth in the Machine Was Not the First Bug
A moth found in Harvard’s Mark II on September 9, 1947 became computing folklore. The real lesson is what the engineers preserved after the failure.
- ArticleMotivation & Resilience
You Do Not Have to Punish Yourself to Start Again
Accountability asks you to repair what you can. Self-punishment keeps charging you after the lesson is clear. Use this practical reset to return.
- ArticleRebuild
The Leftovers Are the Business
Wholesale Universe runs live selling shows six days a week off inventory that did not move. The leftover is not the embarrassing part of a business. Often it is the business.
- ArticleReflection
I Still Count the Exits
Hypervigilance did not end when the place did. Why I quit trying to kill the instinct that maps every room, and the one sentence that gives the alarm an off ramp.
- ArticleReflection
How to talk to a veteran about hard days
Five things to say and five things to skip, from a Marine who needed both. Presence over advice, questions over assumptions. Screenshot the card and keep it.
- ArticleReflection
I Stopped Giving the Armored Answer
Good. Busy. Cannot complain. I learned that answer somewhere dangerous and kept it long after the room got safe. On armor, honesty, and the true short answer.
- ArticleBehind the scenes
I Published Two Articles One Week and Sixty Three the Next. That Is Not a System.
I counted eight weeks of my own output and the spikes were the problem, not the win. Your real capacity is your worst week, not your best. Here is the fix.
- ArticleMotivation
Guilt Is Not the Same as Repair
Guilt can identify what needs attention, but shame cannot repair it. Use this practical 15-minute plan to turn regret into one honest action today.
- ArticleReflection
Some Days the Win Is the Thing I Did Not Send
Ryan Nichols on the one rule he uses now: if he writes it in heat, it sits until morning. On PTSD, restraint, and why Genesis 50:20 is something you find out later.
- ArticleReflection
What I Want My Son to Inherit Is Not the Story
A story is something that happened to you. An inheritance is something you hand over on purpose. Ryan Nichols on fatherhood, Genesis 50:20 and what a boy actually gets.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Outdoor Rule of Leaving One Place Better
A warm Ryan Nichols outdoors article about rebuilding through stewardship, a safe 30-minute shoreline practice and one visible act of care.
- ArticleEast Texas Business
East Texas Business Spotlight: Laura Nevils and Books & Barrels
Meet Books & Barrels owner Laura Nevils and learn how the downtown Longview bookstore supports readers, local authors, events, and community.
- ArticleRyan Outdoors
Ryan Nichols and the Discipline of Reading the Sky
Ryan Nichols’ rescue history points to a practical rebuilding rhythm: prepare, observe and serve—safely, without treating outdoor activity as medical care.
- ArticleFaith & Today
Nehemiah Inspected the Ruins Before Rebuilding: What Marshall's Water Crisis Requires Now
Nehemiah's rebuilding story meets Marshall's water infrastructure decisions. Read the Bible context, verified local facts, open questions, and next steps.
- ArticleMotivation
How to Rebuild Self-Trust: Keep One Small Promise Today
Rebuild self-trust with a practical four-box exercise: protect, produce, repair, and release. Make one small promise and create proof by sunset.
- ArticleMotivation
You Do Not Need a Perfect Day: Start With the Next 15 Minutes
Feeling stuck or overwhelmed? Use this practical 15-minute reset to choose one controllable action, rebuild momentum, and move forward with faith today.
- ArticleFamily
The Kind of Man My Kids Need Me to Be
Being a dad broke my pride wide open. In the best way. It made me grow up faster than the Marine Corps ever did. Here's something I had to learn the hard way. Your kids don't need you to be perfect. They need you to be present, honest, and
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